Taking your Brit to the US

I hear there's lots of fibre in that muslin.

 

They settle there because of the weather

Yeah, I could never work that one out.... 

I'm in the UK, since Grape-Nuts are American and have been around since the late 1890's.  I just never noticed them in the UK until last week when I saw them on an end-cap. 

 

Clearly weetabix is the biggest issue facing Brits in America then...lol

Eugh, captain crunch! I have been craving that for weeks, I can't wait to go to America next week and eat some

I'm in the UK, since Grape-Nuts are American and have been around since the late 1890's.  I just never noticed them in the UK until last week when I saw them on an end-cap. 

The only way I like Grape Nuts is hot...put milk on them with sugar and NUKE IT! for about 3 minutes and yumm...better than oatmeal.

I actually met DH in the US, he lived there for 14 years before coming back.

He adjusted more quickly than I have for sure. For one thing there was a huge expat community in the little town where we met, and he liked the amount of disposable cash and lack of class stucture. Not that the class structure doesn't exist in the US, but as an outsider he didn't recognise it. He was able to do things career wise that he felt he would never have been given the opportunity to do in the UK. As a result he now has a good career, even after moving back.

Mine is similar to Caligurl's.  I met my English husband in the US.  He never had a desire to move to the US; he went there on a job, met me, and ended up staying 12 years.  He had several British expat friends.  He had career opportunities in the US that he feels he might not have had if he'd stayed in the UK.  The thing he missed most about the UK (like so many expats) was his family.

We lived in Atlanta. He adapted well to life there, but missed the English countryside.  He didn't mind driving there.  He hated the month of August (as did I) with it's heat, humidity, and smog.  He disliked how some restaurants and cinemas over-air-conditioned in the summer so that we had to take jackets to wear when we got inside.

The two items he always wanted shipped over were PG Tips and Cabury Fruit and Nut Bars.  He never liked Hersheys chocolate, but gradually came to like Dove Promises.  He doesn't like Weetabix.

The two items he always wanted shipped over were PG Tips and Cabury Fruit and Nut Bars. 

Hmmmm..... two things I used to enjoy in the states before I moved.  Strange.  I never had a problem finding those two things, but there weren't too many other Cadbury bars I was looking for (and since I have been here, I have discovered that Hershey's is nasty, too.  I got some kisses and they tasted awful after eating the good stuff for months!) I searched everywhere for HP, though, and it was nowhere to be found.   :\\\'(  DH brought me too gigantic bottles when he came back for a visit, taking the mick because I kept whining about it.  My parents have been enjoying it, though, since I left it with them!  Soon they will be addicts, too! 

By the way, if an Engishman is ever feeling homesick in the US (this means you dent!), a great book to read is A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon.  It will make you feel you are right back in Old Blighty!  And it's full of dark, cynical humour that will make you laugh. 

Hmmmm..... two things I used to enjoy in the states before I moved.  Strange.  I never had a problem finding those two things, but there weren't too many other Cadbury bars I was looking for (and since I have been here, I have discovered that Hershey's is nasty, too. 

I think all the supermarkets in our small town carry Cadbury's chocolate, made by Hershey and it doesn't taste the same.

I read awhile back that Hershey was moving some of their production to Mexico so as to reduce costs.

The reason Hershey's is so different is apparently that it was made to be waxier in order to survive hot American summers without being as melty. British chocolate can be creamier and thus meltier, and thus tastier!

Eugh, captain crunch! I have been craving that for weeks, I can't wait to go to America next week and eat some

Try Golden Nuggets, I'm sure it's the same thing!

He hated the month of August (as did I) with it's heat, humidity, and smog.  He disliked how some restaurants and cinemas over-air-conditioned in the summer so that we had to take jackets to wear when we got inside.

We lived in the Florida Keys, with really crappy air conditioning in our apartment, so we lived for trips to the overcooled cinema. I can recall looking forward to wearing a sweater and feeling chilled! Ah, the good old days

DH loves it in US and thinks my hometown is wonderful  but when push comes to shove, there was always something holding him back -- even after MIL passed away.  A lot of it has to do with that old security blanket, NHS. 
Another thing is he doesn't drive and I don't think he ever will.
I adapted pretty well (well enough for 20 years) but don't think he would do as well in US.  He very nearly got a job here after taking early retirement from UK job.  But things were not looking so good for relatives in UK so he backed out at the last minute.

We lived in the Florida Keys, with really crappy air conditioning in our apartment, so we lived for trips to the overcooled cinema. I can recall looking forward to wearing a sweater and feeling chilled! Ah, the good old days

I know that feeling, except I was in crappy ol' Dallas - nowhere near as beautiful as the Keys!  I always tell my coworkers and those who go to Florida on holiday to go to the Keys instead of Orlando.  They never listen to me!